1. EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
ETA and Green Jobs
January 7, 2009 1

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3. Green Things?

4. Green Things?

5. Quick Activity (2 minutes)
Write down your definition of green jobs
How will or does green impact your everyday work?

6. ETA & Green Jobs Presenters: Gay Gilbert, Administrator, OWI
Jen Troke, Industry Lead Supervisor, BRG
January 7, 2009

7. Today’s Agenda Setting the Stage Review of ETA Actions To Date
Proposed ETA Framework for Action
Proposed Organizational Approach
Next Steps Moving Forward

8. “green jobs” in Context
Green jobs are defined as “a family supporting, career track job that directly contributes to preserving or enhancing environmental quality.”
-- Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy
Some jobs are greener than others. Estimates of new green jobs range from 4 to 40 million and may be direct, indirect, or tangential.

9. Obama’s Green Agenda
Invest in a clean energy economy and create 5 million new green jobs over next decade
Create new job training programs for clean technologies
Boost the renewable energy sector and create new jobs

10. A Work in Progress
Green Jobs Working Group in place since Spring, 2008 – now ETA-wide
Extensive research & collection of relevant reports
Collaboration with State LMI Directors on defining and making projections related to green jobs
Development of a proposed ETA Framework for Action in support of green jobs

11. Green Jobs Act Analysis (pending appropriations)
Four different grants
National Energy Training Partnership Grants
State Labor Market Research & Labor Exchange Grants
State Energy Training Partnership Grants
Pathways Out of Poverty Demonstration Grants
Analysis of time to grant award: 7 – 9 months from effective date of legislation
National Energy Training Partnership Grants – grants to non-profit partnerships with equal participation from industry and labor plus others – for training programs leading to economic self sufficiency for participants in renewable energy industries.
State Labor Market Research, Information, and Labor Exchange Research Program – grants to W-P state agencies, using state merit staff to identify job openings in renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors, administration of skill and aptitude testing and assessment of workers, and counseling, case management, and referral of qualified job seekers to renewable energy and energy efficiency openings and training programs.
3. State Energy Training Partnership Program – competitive grants to states to administer renewable energy and energy efficiency workforce development programs – states to compete to non-profit partnerships with equal participation from industry and labor plus others with priority given to states with pro-active energy friendly policies.
4. Pathways Out of Poverty Demonstration Program – competitive grants to partnerships including community-based organizations, education institutions with expertise in serving low-income adults or youth, public or private employers from “green” industry sectors develop target program s to benefit low income workers, unemployed adults or youth, high school dropouts, or other underserved sectors in high poverty areas.

12. Green Collaboration
December 2008 convening of Federal partners, industry representatives, and other stakeholder groups
Development of inventory of “green jobs” work by participants and recommend future convenings
Shared development of Green Jobs Web site with EPA
Participation in Commerce’s Subcommittee on Sustainable Manufacturing
Technical assistance to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Policy Committee on identifying green occupations
Participants in December convening included:
Federal Partners (Energy, EPA, HUD, Education, BLS, Job Corps, NIST, and NSF)
Industry Representatives (NAM, American Wind Energy Association,Nuclear Energy Institute, North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners, NCFAM, US Green Building Council, etc.)
Educators – community colleges
Workforce System Partners
WIRED regions
Other Stakeholders – AFL-CIO, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

13. Renewable Energy Investments
$7.8 million in High Growth Job Training Initiative grants
$4.5 million in first 3 rounds of Community-Based Job Training Grants
12 WIRED grants focusing on Alternative Energy and Bio-Fuels

15. Big Picture Drivers Save the Planet: Environmental Reform
Economic Recovery & Job Creation
Economic Competitiveness
Energy Independence, Efficiency, and Security
New Legislation/$$$$$$$
Eco-Equality/Environmental Justice

16. A Sector Approach: A Place to Start
Industries in transformation
Some emerging sectors within sectors and new occupations
Chart shows high level sectors – will be doing more drilling down
Changing skills and competencies: new technologies, new processes, new materials
ETA has a head start having worked in many of the sectors

17. ETA’s Work: The Same, But Greener
Connecting our Investments and Programs to Green
Workforce Information
Education and Training Models
Strategic Partnerships
Supporting the Workforce Investment System

18. Organizing for Action Everyone’s job will be green
An inclusive process
Work in different venues:
In cross functional teams
Within programs and offices
With Federal, state, and local partners
In strategic partnerships

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20. Green Workgroup Broad cross-office ETA representation
Membership could change
Primary role is to coordinate and facilitate communication
Will be functional only as long as we need it
BRG convener/staff to the Workgroup

21. ETA Next Steps
Monitor stimulus package for funding associated with green jobs
Workgroup Strategy Session to Plan Implementation of the Framework for Action
BRG beginning specific sector work
Green Jobs as a Reemployment Strategy at ETA’s Reemployment Summit, January 27-29, 2009
Connect to the Obama Transition Team to align ETA’s work on green jobs with the new Administration’s agenda

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